Long Beach. The county Board of Supervisors has extended a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever shot and killed Army veteran Sarith Em, 25, and his girlfriend, Vannaly Tim, 24 on Jan. 1 on Gardenia Avenue.

Em, who served in Afghanistan, received a bad conduct discharge from the Army in May 2008 after he was convicted of larceny and burglary.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Patrick O’Dowd at 562-570-5572 or Detective Russell Moss at 562-570-5726.

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